Rebekah, to me on the ibook screen, the hilites are pretty loud. Try and tone those down a bit and maybe, just a tad, more DOF. Not much, just a tad.
Dave On 9/10/07, Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Bruce :) I'll try again. I actually have a whole roll of film > i used taking pictures of those flowers. I appreciate all the advice, > it helps me learn so much faster. > > rg2 > > On 9/10/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, I think I would go back and shoot some more - you should try many > > things to see what is going to work best. If you are only taking a > > shot or two, then you are not exploring the subject to it's fullest. > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Bruce > > > > > > Monday, September 10, 2007, 1:31:59 PM, you wrote: > > > > R> Thanks guys. I see what you mean, I hadn't looked at it that way, and > > R> it's good to know. Do you think this picture would lend itself to one > > R> flower being colored, like this? > > > > R> > > http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO/photo?authkey=W1C-i05p28o#5108675641377599890 > > > > R> Or should I just go back and take a better picture? :o) > > > > R> Thanks for taking the time to comment! > > > > > > R> rg2 > > > > R> On 9/10/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hello Rebekah, > > >> > > >> I like the color better. This is a real difficult shot to execute > > >> because of the DOF issue. You will not be able to get all of the > > >> flowers in focus, so picking the focus point is crucial. As > > >> presented, the focus point doesn't jump out at me - it looks more > > >> towards the middle. This causes my eyes to jump back and forth to > > >> settle on the middle and wonder why there are so many other roses in > > >> the composition. Hopefully you see what I am getting at. Perhaps > > >> focus on the front flowers with the OOF slowly receding would be > > >> better - or fewer flowers - or much increased DOF, meaning tripod and > > >> stopped way down. Right now it just feels to busy without my eye > > >> comfortably settling on a subject. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Bruce > > >> > > >> > > >> Monday, September 10, 2007, 12:21:41 PM, you wrote: > > >> > > >> R> So last week I was playing with my camera, a flashlight and some > > >> R> flowers. This picture's my favorite, but I'm undecided (as usual) if > > >> R> I like it in color or B&W. I cropped it down a little bit too. All > > >> R> comments and advice welcome ? > > >> > > >> R> http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO?authkey=W1C-i05p28o > > >> > > >> > > >> R> rg2 > > >> > > >> R> -- > > >> R> "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its > > >> composition" > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >> > > > > > > R> -- > > R> "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
